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Book Review: The Queen’s Lover
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Queen’s Lover Author: Francine Du Plessix Gray Publisher: Penguin Pages: Hardcover; 300 Release Date: June 14, 2012 Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours ————————————— Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of this genre, but also fans of this time period as well. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Historical fiction of the highest order, The Queen’s Lover reveals the untold love affair between Swedish aristocrat Count Axel Von Fersen and Marie Antoinette The Queen’s Lover begins at a masquerade ball in Paris…
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Audio Book Review: Blood Red Road
Media Type: Audio Book Title: Blood Red Road *Series: Dust Lands #1 Author: Moira Young Narrator: Heather Lind Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Format: Digital MP3 Duration: 10 hours 17 minutes Source: Purchased on Audible ————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence, Mild Language ————————————– HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A girl goes on an epic journey through a bleak landscape in the first book of this post-Apocalyptic trilogy. Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The…
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Book Review: The Iron Daughter
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Iron Daughter *Series: The Iron Fey (#2) Author: Julie Kagawa Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Paperback; 359 Release Date: August 1, 2010 Source: NetGalley ———————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Fantasy Violence ———————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers of the series, readers who love a good romance mixed in with fantasy elements. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to…
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Book Review: Altered
Media Type: Ebook Title: Altered Author: Aubrey Coletti Publisher: Escape Artist Press Pages: Paperback; 272 Release Date: August 19, 2011 Source: Author / Lightning Book Promotions ———————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence, Harsh Language ———————————————— HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for an adventure with dark twists and turns, but are okay with some grittier content. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Toni, Joseph and Charlie arrive at their new boarding school, they are glad to leave their families — and respective problems — behind. Isolated as boarders,…
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Book Review: The Immortal Rules
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: The Immortal Rules Author: Julie Kagawa Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: Hardcover; 485 Release Date: April 24, 2012 Source: Publisher / Media Masters Publicity ———————————————— Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence, Mild Language ———————————————— HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good vampire story, complete with a feisty heroine! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N In a future world, Vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity. Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the…
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Book Review: Silver and Stone
Media Type: Ebook Title: Silver and Stone * Series: Bloodlines Series #1 Author: J.D. Thompson Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 142 Release Date: August 3, 2011 Source: Author ————————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Language ————————————– HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy star-crossed lovers and a good amount of suspense. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Welcome to high school high society hell, where last season’s slingbacks can warrant a lunch table demotion, the wrong date will knock you off the it-list and behind every pair of…
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Book Review: Wanted
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Wanted Author: Heidi Ayarbe Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: Hardcover; 400 Release Date: May 1, 2012 Source: Publisher / Teen Book Scene —————————————– Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Violence, Mild Language —————————————— HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers looking for a different type of contemporary that is gritty and honest. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N A one-word text message: That’s all Michal “Mike” Garcia needs to gather a crowd. Mike is a seventeen-year-old bookie, and Sanctuary is where she takes bets for anyone…
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Book Review: White Horse
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: White Horse Author: Alex Adams Publisher: Atria / Emily Bestler Books Pages: Hardcover; 292 Release Date: April 17, 2012 Source: Publisher —————————————— Genre: Science Fiction / Dystopian HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a dark story, with plenty of humanity and hope thrown in. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning cages and floors at Pope Pharmaceuticals when the President of the United States announces that human beings are…
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Book Review: The Dragonfly Prophecy
Media Type: Print Book Title: The Dragonfly Prophecy Author: Jacquelyn Castle Publisher: Class Act Books Pages: Paperback; 290 Release Date: July 15, 2011 Source: Author ———————————- Intended Reading Group: Young Adult Content Screening: Mild Violence ———————————- HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are looking for a clean, fun read with a twist. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Seventeen-year-old Lexi Blane believed she was the creator of her own destiny. With a brilliant mind, a flawless boyfriend, and parents who would stop the earth from spinning for her, all was going…
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Book Review: Blue Asylum
Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Blue Asylum Author: Kathy Hepinstall Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: Hardcover; 288 Release Date: April 10, 2012 Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours —————————————— Genre: Historical Fiction HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy light historical fiction with a great storyline. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Amid the mayhem of the Civil War, Virginia plantation wife Iris Dunleavy is put on trial and convicted of madness. It is the only reasonable explanation the court can see for her willful behavior, so she is sent…